Yaesu FT100 and DX Commander Expedition POTA in Wisconsin

Decided to do a test run of the Yaesu FT-100 that I picked up on eBay that turned out to be a bit of a basket case. This radio when I got it, did not match the description that was listed with it (not uncommon when people are just selling estates and don't know what they actually are selling), but it also had some issues, after getting the seller to agree to a discount, and sending it out for repair I decided to take it out for a bit of a trial run to see what kind of radio it was. Matched up with the DX Commander Expedition antenna while out at Richard Bong State Recreation area located in South East Wisconsin, I was able to put a total of 129 QSO's in the log in just over an hour, including one to Northern Ireland!
All in all I would say that this might have been an okay investment, time will tell though, I just need to take it out to some more activations.
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Equipment Used:
Radio: Yaesu FT-100
Antenna: DX Commander Expedition Multi-Band Vertical
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black with External Lavalier Microphone
Logging: Good Old Pen and Paper
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[@Kazan_Cat]

Thank you for the video! I also have the same Yaesu ft-100 transceiver as you. 73!

[@K3JRZOnTheAir]

100+ QSOs in just over an hour. Nice job! Way to hustle!

[@andyrobison9723]

Good job with the old rig. Add $150 to what you have in that rig and you've got a new FT-891. Always a tough choice between used and new. I put $300 repair into an FT-840 and now it needs more repairs. LOL. Sometimes an older rig is worth it, sometimes not. I think you made the right choice! 73, K9ELF

[@WQ9FHamRadio]

Thanks for watching! I was going between the 891 and something else. I was really wanting to find an IC-706mkIIG, I had one of those back in the mid 2000s and really liked it. I was wanting to find something affordable that I could use for HF as well as VHF and UHF. I'll use this one for a bit and see if it fits the needs I was hoping to fill. 73! -Kevin

[@K0BJJ]

i need to get me one of those dx commanders.

[@WQ9FHamRadio]

It is a great antenna, easy to put up and take down, and I love the flexibility of being able to put different bands on it. Thanks for watching! 73, Kevin

[@markhuisinga1698]

I am looking at buying one of these radios also. In your last video you mentioned the ctcss not coming standard in this radio. I have an 817 and 897 and enjoy the all band capabilities as I use mine on 2m and 70cm ssb. I am looking at getting one of these for my mobile setup but really want to access repeaters. Is that a big deal to get the parts and get the 100 set up like the 100D?

[@billlamm4688]

Is that Sat 23 Oct? I think that was the last semi warm day of the month... I am so close to getting my (DX expander homebrew) finished.. next chance to take it out will be in 2 weekends.. probably to k-1000 illinois state beach

[@WQ9FHamRadio]

No, that was taken towards the end of summer. I'm wishing it was still nice and warm right now! On the 23rd I was doing some chasing from home. The 22nd I was out at K-4160 Volo Bog. Cheers to getting the homebrew antenna done! Hope to catch ya on the air 73, Kevin

[@garysnowden9977]

Could you share the name of did the repairs on your FT-100? I just recently purchased a FT-100.

[@2metercrew389]

👍👍👍

[@Taylor-KY3G]

I was wondering how this radio turned out. Seemed to work great, between that and the DX Commander you were pulling in some great contacts.

[@WQ9FHamRadio]

I was pretty surprised myself. You can definitely tell it's an older radio, but it still seems to work good so far. I picked up a small tuner to go with it at a hamfest recently, so I might build out a small POTA kit with those 2, would be nice to have a more compact 100 watt radio to take along. Thanks for watching! 73, ,Kevin

[@ubergeek318]

Who did the repair on the radio?